Born on April 23rd in 1998, Brandon Winters was raised in a small town in the southern part of the Netherlands. Growing up, his childhood was difficult and rough as his parents would constantly fight with his dad being an alcoholic and his mom suffering from manic depression and after his sister being born, Brandon felt neglected with all of his parents’ attention diverting towards his sister. Further growing up throughout the years, Brandon decided that he wanted to separate himself from his parents and become independent, causing him to mature very early on and to drop out of school to get a job to be able to afford his own place where he could retreat from all the fighting and stress that came with it.
After getting a job as a manager at a custom personal computer manufacturing company and working there for over 2 years, being able to afford his own place as well, Brandon was still not satisfied as he felt he could not get distanced enough from his parents. After a lot of contemplating, Brandon decided that he would have to leave the country and start over elsewhere in order to escape all the fuzz going on at home. This is where his eyes fell on Los Santos…
Brandon took about a week to get all the paperwork ready and make sure he packed all the essentials he needed to take with him and then booked his flight to Los Santos. After his 11-hour flight, Brandon stepped his first foot onto Los Santos’ soil, it felt great and refreshing.
After spending a few days in Los Santos, Brandon started hanging out on the pier to socialize and fish to make some money so he could pay for a place to stay. A few days go by before Brandon gets contacted by a person asking if he would be interested in criminal activities which could make him some good money. Thinking about it he thought “Why not?” and gave in, making a start to his criminal life.
A few weeks go by with Brandon eventually having been part of 2 gangs, Grim Reapers and the Rising Suns, as he gets in contact with Drake Hunter. Drake tells him about an up and coming gang called the “Los Santos Royals” which consists of 3 leaders and 3 separate sectors each being led by one of the leaders respectively. The structure and level of organizing sounded like music to Brandon’s ears. After a chat about Brandon’s capabilities and experience, Brandon became a part of “The Royals”, soon finding out that they would become a real family to him.
Brandon started loving the lifestyle of robbing convenience stores, banks and people together with his family, it made him feel good. He started to get better and better at being a criminal fairly quickly, which would be confirmed by him climbing the ranks within LSR fairly quickly as well, currently being part of their High Command. Brandon finally felt like he was being included, being appreciated and loved by family, something he had not really felt before he decided to move to Los Santos.
To be continued...